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I love the gay movie Adam and Steve. That one I have to own. Excellent movie. Off to dinner, have a great evening

Yep that was the movie, I thought it was great, must have been one of his first movies. Another one of my favorite Gay movies I

We actually watch one last night with Colin Farrell, don

Cool Raz, I work in Newport Beach, sometime have lunch at different places in fashion island

Besides faxing Morgan the bill. I went to Fashion Island shopping in the middle of the afternoon, I had to buy new white underwear because last weekend I did a load of whites in the washer and somehow my green pool towel was mixed in with the whites and now they had a slight green tint to them. A little boy about four years old, was shopping with his mother in the same store. When Mom couldn't find him for a moment, I called, "He's right here trying on underwear." The little boy had sat himself down behind a rack, with a handful of Tommy Hilfiger underwear, and decided to try them all on right over his clothes. As Mom quickly turned pink I said, "Look on the bright side; you'll have a colorful story to tell at the next family gathering."

Potty mouth And the bill is due upon receipt. A part of the retainer may be non-refundable, since it would represent only my initial costs (opening the file, preparing certain documents, my lunch, mileage, etc.), A lot of retainer agreements say "non-refundable" or claim to be a "true retainer". In actual fact, they almost never hold up in arbitration. So I

Since he went home for the night I

That sucks Robbie. When someone sells something on E-Bay as a private seller it is the same as selling something at a yard sale. Items are sold "as is" unless stated otherwise.

Good one He thinks he's hot stuff on the court.

I have no problem working out a trade, we can wrestle for it Same here, I've been ripped off on Ebay before a few times.

HAHA , no credit cards, personal checks are okay after they clear the bank, a wire transfer will work even better.

I'm waiting for him to write the check first, of course it has to clear the bank as well

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I thought CJ already was an admin, well congrats!

Viv, happy birthday. Hope you're having a great day

The sociologist, Alvin Gouldner has identified one of the few cross-cultural "universals" established by sociology and social anthropology: The Norm of Reciprocity. He argues that this universal understanding, that favors should be returned more or less in terms of equal value ("balanced reciprocity"), is one the principle glues that hold society together and I believe most social anthropologists agree. Now I do not know if this addresses the matter of kindness as it does that of the expectation of reciprocity. When I look back I think that at least most of my acts of kindness have been performed because they have made ME feel good. Altruism and egoism have merged in most cases. I do not feel that this fact has diminished the ethical value of such acts at all. IMO society does play an important role in the concept of kindness, but there can be an instinctive act of kindness that is performed at some risk and without any realistic hope of reciprocation. Or perhaps I

Graeme you never cease to amaze me. Your true genius always gives an insightful and warm account of every topic you post in, I find you a remarkable man.

Is there an inherent expectation of reciprocity in kindness? I don't think its kindness anymore if someone does something out of self-interest. Those cases, the ones where people do something that is beneficial to someone else and also rewarding to self should have another word applied to them, right now the only phrase I can think of is mutually beneficial, but that doesn't address the aspect of the initial positive thought or intent. If I think about it, I may be able to come up with another word, but the point I'm trying to make is that implicit within the concept of true kindness is the fact that it's completely independent of the thought of any reward or benefit to self, though that might indeed be a by-product. Do you agree or disagree. Yes I also studied Philosophy, in which I found very beneficial in practicing civil rights. Does that make sense or am I just rambling again?

That sounds awesome Sharon. I live shrimp scampi, but I always have a hard time following a recipe. Well that

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Andy, so was the clown who sent it to me. The Internet and email address is not so anonymous as some people seem to think it is

Hehe, I always tell them they

Hi Evan. Welcome to the forum. Question, if you

Here is one I received today via email. The email was titled "Weight of a Lawyer" Then all the email said was; What is the ideal weight of a lawyer? Answer: About 3 pounds including the urn.

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